Baltimore Transit Co. & Penny v. Pue

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “irregular motions are to be anticipated in the ordinary course of mass transportation”
• “[the plaintiff fell] flat on her back from a standing position, with such force that the driver said he heard her hit the floor”
• “Recovery is denied usually in cases where the testimony has been no more than characterizations by witnesses that the motion of the vehicle was extraordinary or violent, with no fact or inference of fact to support the characterization.”
• sudden jerk caused passengers to scream

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).